Creepy Crawlies, Part 3: Snakes and Spiders
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
June 13, 2014
Here’s how to handle snake or spider bites should your horse have a run-in with one of these critters.
Here’s how to handle snake or spider bites should your horse have a run-in with one of these critters.
A group of advocates wants wild horses designated as endangered on grounds that the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 has failed to protect the animals.
Intense Holiday, who underwent surgery recently for a condylar fracture to his right foreleg after being injured in training, was euthanized June 12 due to laminitis.
A British Columbia couple is donating $300,000 toward the establishment of the Mark and Pat DuMont Equine Orthopedics Research Fund at the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Marvin Beeman’s presentation, “Do the Little Things Well and the Big Things Will Happen,” is designed to resonate with his colleagues of all ages by offering sage insights into a successful and fulfilling career.
A Louisiana man will serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling a horse with a fraudulent Coggins test.
If your broodmare has a “bun in the oven,” that bun might benefit from some live yeast, French researchers say. No, the yeast isn’t meant to make the bun rise, but it could give your foal’s digestive system a better start in life.
The Thoroughbred owners filed lawsuits seeking at least $250,000 in damages, alleging their horses were hospitalized after receiving a compounded drug to treat or prevent equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has reported that vesicular stomatitis (VS) has been identified in three more horses in that state.
On June 11 the Florida Department of Health in Marion County advised residents that a horse located about four miles east of Citra tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
Good leg conformation in a horse is a must if that animal is to remain serviceably sound for performance.
A Utah woman accused of maltreating 80 horses has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The organization seeks to provide a better life for Thoroughbreds by supporting retirement, rescue, and research and by helping the people who work with them.
WinStar Farm’s Commissioner, runner-up to Tonalist in the June 7 Belmont Stakes, has a small chip in his front left fetlock and will undergo surgery to remove the chip at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital.
Researchers found non-sperm cells present in fresh semen release an enzyme called MPO during freezing, which could have a negative impact on thawed semen quality.
Virginia State Veterinarian Richard Wilkes, DVM, says owners need to take precautions to protect horses from EHM and other contagious diseases.
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